Measuring organizational legitimacy has become a challenge for researchers because they
face a multilevel construct, where diverse terminologies, approaches, and evaluators …

The legitimacy of organizations is a conceptual and scientific approach developed
theoretically from different disciplines. For the measurement and analysis of legitimacy …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to clarify and extend knowledge concerning the
relationship between legitimacy and organizational success within the framework of …

Legitimacy has emerged as a pivotal but often confusing construct in management theory.
Defined as a “generalized perception or assumption that the actions of an entity are …

The perception of organizational legitimacy is influenced by different factors at the micro and
macro levels. Organizational approval and support depend on the judgment criteria applied …

Measures of organizational legitimacy fall in three categories, based, respectively, on the
observation of code adoption, firm linkages, and media coverage. Such variety reflects the …

Legitimacy is a central concept in organizational institutionalism. The term 'legitimacy'dates
back to the dawn of organization theory; however, for most of the past century, research on …

This article synthesizes the large but diverse literature on organizational legitimacy,
highlighting similarities and disparities among the leading strategic and institutional …

Legitimacy is a fundamental concept of organizational institutionalism. It influences how
organizations behave and has been shown to affect their performance and survival (Pollock …

As a result of growing interest in the relationship between organizational legitimacy and
survival, the flow of publications in the field makes it difficult to maintain a birds-eye view of …